It can be easy to wait for governments and businesses to face up to the challenges of climate change and…
Tag: sustainability
Building the case for sustainable finance
Nick Spooner and Sarah Clements, Grantham Institute and Imperial College Business School Master’s students studying Climate Change, Management and Finance, dive into the question of…
Have your say: What are your most pressing environment and climate change priorities for 2017?
As the dust settles on 2016, here at the Grantham Institute we are looking ahead at the hot topics in…
Our eco resolutions for 2017
We all have the power to change our habits and live more sustainably. In fact, whilst governments and businesses have…
Wavering water: why round-the-clock urban water supply matters
Grantham PhD student Simon De Stercke looks at how Mumbai residents cope with just a few hours of running water…
Prospects for climate change: is your glass half-empty, or a half-full?
Grantham lecturer Dr Mirabelle Muûls asks herself whether optimism about solving climate change is well-placed. Should we be optimistic or…
Picking up the pieces: studying forest fragmentation in Borneo
SSCP-DTP student Phil Chapman writes about why fragmentation is threatening tropical forests, how researchers are learning more about the problem…
10 ways to source your food more sustainably
Are you an ecotarian? Naomi Pratt, SSCP-DTP student and, along with Ronan McAdam and Clea Kolster, co-founder of The Ecotarian (@The_Ecotarian),…
How can an oil and gas company prepare for a low carbon world?
In the run-up to the Paris 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (COP21), countries have been submitting their plans to…
Thinking in circles: applying circular economy principles in London
Julia Halder, PhD Student in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology (School of Public Health), discovers how circular economy thinking can inform redevelopment…